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Informazioni turistiche comune di Galatina provincia di Lecce

Galatina is the town in which Latin and Greek cultures harmoniously coexist together, mingling everything with the magic and esoteric ceremonies of “Tarantismo” (an alleged, possibly deadly envenomation, popularly believed to result from the bite of tarantula spider). Up lately, on June 29th (town’s patronal festival) all the tarantulees (women in heightened excitability and restlessness because bitten by a tarantula) met in Saint Paul Chapel to drink the water of the chapel’s well considered as a miracle water for the recovery of the bite. Nowadays those ancient ceremonies are commemorated through the typical dance of “pizzica”. Apart from “taranta” ceremonies, in Galatina there are so many interesting buildings that in 2005 the town has been declared a “city art”. One of the most important buildings is Santa Caterina Church, an enchanting example of Pugliese Romanesque; then there are Chiesa Matrice, dedicated to Saint Paul and Saint Peter, and lots of elegant palaces built in Baroque style. Furthermore it is still possible to admire the three doors of the town and three basilian crypts. Noha, Collemeto and Santa Barbara are the three hamlets of Galatina, very important for wine production, in fact the town is part of the National Association of Wine.

Aree di interesse turistico del comune di Galatina

Monumenti, musei, chiese, parchi naturali, castelli e attrazioni da vedere in comune di Galatina

Basilica di Santa Caterina

Centro storico

Museo Civico d'arte

Appuntamenti, eventi, manifestazioni e sagre comune di Galatina provincia di Lecce

Mercatino dell'Â’antiquariato

Fair of Our Lady of Light
Patronal Feast of Saints Peter and Paul
Carnevale Galatinese
Sfilata di gruppi mascherati lungo le vie della città.

Fashion in Galatina
Fashion in Galatina

La notte medioevale

Festival of pepper and eggplant
Calici di stelle

St Antonio Feast
In Galatina, on June 13th, we celebrate the Feast of St. Anthony.

Agro.Ge.Pa.Ciok

Watermelon Festival -Collemeto(Le)
Our Lady of Constantinopoli Fair
Fiera di S. Michele Arcangelo

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